We all face a daily dilemma. What do I do now, and what do I do next? If you have too little time and too much to do, you’re not alone, especially as an educator. Discipline in choosing the most important tasks, even the hardest ones to do, is crucial to celebrating the victories you truly want to achieve.

The question then becomes, will we compromise simply because we don’t feel like it?

In this episode of the Educators Among Us podcast, host Scott Barron, Chief Reinvention Officer with School Growth, discusses the challenges faced by educators in making the daily, sometimes difficult choices that impact their well-being and effectiveness. There is so much “urgent” being thrown at educators. It’s difficult to choose what to do next.

He emphasizes the importance of delayed gratification and daily discipline in achieving long-term goals, and talks about the need for adaptability in the ever-changing landscape of education in order to accomplish the goals you set out to achieve.

“Are you choosing victory today?” That’s in this episode of the Educators Among Us Podcast.

Takeaways

-Being an educator is a hard calling that involves navigating challenges.

-Choices made by educators impact their well-being and effectiveness.

-Discipline is about prioritizing long-term goals over immediate desires.

-Delayed gratification is essential for developing new habits and making better decisions.

-Success favors those who are clear about what they want most.

-Daily discipline leads to greater progress and joy in work and life.

-Present predicaments are shaped by prior choices at pivotal moments.

-Emotions can deceive us and lead to suboptimal choices.

-Excellence in education comes from developing good habits.

-Adaptability is crucial in the changing landscape of education.

Chapters

00:44 Introduction to Educators Among Us

01:59 The Educators Dilemma

03:24 Delayed Gratification

05:39 Significant Inhibitors to Greater Productivity

07:53 Present Predicaments

10:59 Change is Happening Fast

11:48 Coaching Question

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